Monday, November 22, 2010

Ratings: Must Watch. This drama made waves in Asia, trust the hype!Episodes: 81Air Date: 2006Starring:Song Il Gook as Jumong(Michael King in A Man Called God)(Moo Hyul in Kingdom of the Winds)(Harry in Lobbyist)(main guy in the movie Art of Seduction)

People I recognized from other dramas:Hu Joon Ho as General Hae Mo Su(James Lee in Lobbyist)

Kyun Mi Ri as Queen Wan Hoo(Pil-Seong's wife in Running Turtle)

Chuno characters that I recognized from other dramas:Yoon Dong Hwan as Yang Jung (Chinese emissary in Chuno, it's funny that he always plays the Chinese guy in these sageuks)

Synopsis:Jumong is the third prince of Bu Yeo but unknown to him is that he is the son of General Hae Mo Su, a hero who fought against the Han to save the refugees. Upon learning the truth, Jumong vows to fulfill his father's dream and with the help of Lady So Seo No, he succeeds in overcoming all obstances and becoming the first king of Goguryeo.more info

SynopsisA love story about Princess Nak-rang who fell in love with a spy from Goguryeo. She tore the drums of her country so that Goguryeo could attack her country, Nangnang-guk, without warning. However, Nak-rang’s love story with Hodong is further complicated due to the fact that Nak-rang’s older sister Ja Myung is in love with Hodong as well.more info

Synopsis: "The drama is about friendship, first love and long kept secrets.

Joon Sang was born out of wedlock. Growing up without a father turns him into an introvert. His mother tells him that his father is dead. Believing that his mother is hiding something from him he becomes adamant to search for him.

He enrolled himself in a high school where his mother went many years ago. There he meets the sweet but cheeky Yoo Jin. Love soon blossoms between the two. But their love story is only the beginning of pain and heartache."continue

Synopsis: In the years of the infamous King Yeon-san, two clowns start a play that is satirical of the king and become popular among the common people. But soon they get arrested for treason, and they bet their lives on making the king laugh with their play acting.continue

Set during the Joseon Dynasty, "Chuno" revolves around the world of slave hunters (known as "Chuno Ggun") and slaves (known as "Nobi"). The slaves were sometimes born into the system of servitude and other times became slaves as a punishment for a crime. In the drama series "Chuno," continue

York was abandoned in his childhood, and spent much of his youth drifting from one friendship to the next, in the hope of discovering the identity of his birth mother. Though his foster mother is aware that she moved to the Philippines, she refuses to tell York. Yet, thanks to one of his lovers, he discovers her location and decides to uncover the truth once and for all...

SynopsisEN"This drama commemorates the soldiers who gave their lives in the Korean War, fought between North and South Korea between 1950 and 1953, and is designed to remind people that the heavy cost of human lives far outweigh any national glory. Lee Hyun Joong is a South Korean..."continue

Plot" At the start of the film, the main character, Iguchi Seibei, becomes a widower when his wife succumbs to tuberculosis. His wife receives a grand funeral, more than what a lowest-ranking samurai such as Seibei could afford..."continue

Synopsis:EN"Shinnojo, a low level samurai, lives with his pretty, dutiful and loyal wife Kayo. He has come to find his position in a castle as a food-taster for a feudal lord to be boring and pointless, and talks about opening a kendo school open to boys of all castes where he can teach the use of the sword..."More info here: Love and Honor

Synopsis:EN"Jejoongwon is the first modern hospital in Korea established in the Joseon era in 1885. Baek Do Yang is a nobleman who gives up his status to enter its ranks. Hwang Jung is a butcher’s son who becomes a physician, while Seok Ran enters Jejoongwon as an interpreter but takes on medical training to become a doctor."Jejoongwon

"Kim Su-Jin, a 27 year old fashion designer, being spurned at the train station by her lover, a colleague who is also a married man. Depressed, she goes to a convenience store where she bumps into a tall handsome man with whom she has a slight misunderstanding. Following that, she returns home and receiving the forgiveness of her father, decides to start life afresh..."More detalies here: A Moment to Remember 2004

"Windstruck (내 여자친구를 소개합니다 Nae yeojachingureul sogae hamnida, literally "Let me introduce you to my girlfriend") is a 2004 South Korean fantasy-romantic comedy directed by Kwak Jae-yong. The film was a major success, ranking as the 8th-highest grossing Korean film of 2004..."More detalies here: Windstruck

Synopsis: EN"The story tells the relationship between two married people, In-soo and Seo-young. They realised that both their spouses had love affairs with their partners after being involved in an accident..." April Snow 2005